New City Recycling Center Scores $3.4 Million Tax Break, Promises Job Growth and Environmental Revitalization (Hoodline, 2024)

LRS Adds Robot on its Last Chance Line to Target UBCs (universal beverage containers) (Recycling Today, 2024)

LRS’ new $50M Chicago MRF is heavy on automation, with room for expansion  (Waste Dive, 2023)

Chicago launches drop-off organics collection program (Waste Dive, 2023)

Only 9.6% of Chicago’s Waste was Recycled Last Year, a New Facility Could Improve Rates, but Stumbling Blocks Remain (Chicago Tribune, 2023)

Chicago Waste Strategy Short Term Priorities September 2023 (City of Chicago, 2023)

Illinois EPA: Statewide Recycling Needs Assessment Advisory Council (IEPA, 2024)

Illinois Product Stewardship Council: EPR for Packaging (IL PSC, 2024)

Recycle Coach Comes to Illinois: A New Era for Recycling (Illinois Recycling Foundation, 2024)

Recycle Coach’s Vision for Illinois: A Free Tool for Local Governments (Illinois Recycling Foundation, 2024)

SB 2876, Large Event Facilities Act (Illinois General Assembly, 2024)

Foods With the Most Plastic Chemicals: Study Reveals Surprising Results (Newsweek, 2024)

Our World in Data: Plastic Pollution (Our World in Data, 2024)

State of the Science on Plastic Chemicals (PlastChem, 2024)

Making Plastic Polluters Pay: How Cities and States Can Recoup the Rising Costs of Plastic Pollution (CIEL, 2024)

Chemicals in Plastics (UN Environment Programme, 2023)

The plastic health map: A systematic evidence map of human health studies on plastic-associated chemicals (Environment International, 2023)

Microplastics discovered in human penises for the first time (CNN, 2024)

The occurrence and transport of microplastics: The State of the Science (Sci Total Environ. 2021)

Bioplastics as toxic as regular plastics; both need regulation, say researchers (Mongabay, 2024)

A hefty impact: the Hefty EnergyBag program expands in more communities despite opposition (Recycling Today, 2019)

Hefty ReNew Program, Life Cycle Assessment (Hefty, 2022)

26 million tons of clothing end up in China’s landfills each year, propelled by fast fashion (Associated Press, 2024)